| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
Synonyms: |
bottom of barrel, butt, carry-over, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover, heel, junk, leavings, leftover, obverse, oddment, odds and ends, overplus, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Concept: | [Thing remaining] Remainder. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
remainder, residue; remains, remanet, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheeseparings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs (dirt); refuse (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump; alluvium., surplus, overplus, excess; balance, complement; superplus, surplusage; superfluity (redundance); survival, survivance.
-verbs
remain; be left; exceed, survive; leave.
-adjectives
remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous (redundant).
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| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
Synonyms: |
after-effects, causatum, chain reaction, consequences, end, eventuality, flak, impact, issue, outcome, payoff, remainder, residual, residuum, results, upshot, waves |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money remaining in account |
Synonyms: |
difference, dividend, excess, profit, remainder, residue, rest, surplus |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
Synonyms: |
accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, correlative, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, quota, remainder, rest, rounding-off, supplement, total, totality |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
Synonyms: |
bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
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dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, debt |
Synonyms: |
IOU, account, arrear, arrearage, bad news, baggage, balance, bite*, chance, chit, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, lease, loan, millstone, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab |
Antonyms: |
asset |
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
Synonyms: |
assortment, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, debris, etcetera, hodgepodge, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, litter, medley, melee, miscellaneous paraphernalia, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, mélange, notions, novelties, oddments, olio, particles, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
Synonyms: |
debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps |